A Tragic Reality

A Tragic Reality


The memories of him

Alive, they die

The bloody toil of combat

That nightmare

Cannot

Fall silent.


Young gravestones cut high

Warped, dark land


Only he made it

Horror, pain, chaos

The strongest in the world

Could not

Withstand

The tireless repetition.


He lost them all

Men dropped off

Bones rotted, heaped, horrid, and boiling

This wreckage

Has no

Equal.


Plugged ears

Surging roars

Weeping bodies

Perils pierced his mind away.


Tied up, begging

None

Immortal.

I.

Am.

 

Afraid.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

Found poetry - Words all a collection from the Odessey and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Word order and selection done by me. Theme is essentially that death is inevitable, even for the strongest people. Tense of words is potentially edited for a clearer readthrough. 

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